Traveling on highway 30 back in to Portland the fog lingering over Sauvie Island was just incredible. I love the mystery fog brings to the landscape revealing just enough to draw in your imagination but leaving you with the question, what’s up ahead? Shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1 & 35mm lens and edited with Perfect Photo…
Portland
The dense fog has returned
The dense fog has returned to Portland making it irresistible to get out early and capture the beauty. Autumn in the northwest is my favorite season and for good reason, it’s simply beautiful here this time of year. There are so many colors & textures to enjoy, it’s a photographer’s paradise. When I noticed the…
Revisiting the Carousel at Jantzen Beach
Back in October I wrote about taking photographs of the carousel at the Jantzen Beach Center. I recently went back to the carousel for a few more photos. This time my goal was to capture the beauty of the carousel in motion. The first step was to find a few places that had enough room for…
Graffiti and Reflections in an Abandoned Building
One of my favorite things to photograph is graffiti art. It can have so much texture, color and style to it. I do believe it can be beautiful in the correct setting. When I set out to shoot inside this abandoned building my original thought was that I would try to capture the graffiti with…
Portland Google+ Photowalk
Three very creative and fun guys: Brian Matiash, Jeffrey Yen and Ben Latterell organized the first ever “Portland Google+ Photowalk” (if you’re on Google+ search for #PDXPhotowalk). Union Station in downtown Portland was the starting point for a casual stroll through Chinatown then over the Burnside Bridge and ending at Hair of the Dog Brewing for food &…
Vista House at Crown Point
Vista House at Crown Point is about 30 miles from Portland on the Historic Columbia River Highway (U.S. Route 30). On a clear day you have an incredible view of the Columbia River Gorge and some of the Cascade Mountains. I arrived late in the day just as the sun was setting, the lighting and clouds…
United States National Bank
United States National Bank located in downtown Portland has some of the most stunning doors I’ve ever come across. The attention to detail on the doors is truly remarkable. I can’t imagine the amount of time it must have taken to complete them. If you would like to know more about the architect Albert Ernest…
Eerie walk through Wilshire Park
It was somewhat eerie walking through Wilshire Park this morning, quiet and empty with the fog lingering around. The absolute silence here this morning is not what I’m used. Any other morning the place is bustling with activities, runners, people walking their dogs or working out but this morning I had the entire place all to…
Occupy Portland – How long will this last?
Two weeks after the big Occupy Portland demonstration there are still a few hundred people camping in Lownsdale Square and Chapman Square, two small parks that are wedged between government offices in downtown Portland. This is just a small fraction compared to the thousands of people that marched in Portland on October the 6th, but the signs and…
Over 5000 people Occupy Portland
On October the 6th 2011 over 5000 people marched through downtown Portland in the Occupy Portland movement protesting the bank bailouts, record high unemployment and corporate greed. Portland is just one of many cities holding such demonstrations across the globe which started in New York City with the Occupy Wall Street demonstration. The phrase “We are the 99 Percent”…
72 Jumping Horses and 2 Chariots
I was at Jantzen Beach this morning and ended up taking a tiny detour over to snap a few photos of the carousel there. The carousel, which has 72 jumping horses and 2 chariots, was built in 1921 by the C.W. Parker Amusement Company from Leavenworth, Kansas. After being in storage for three years in Long Beach, California it…
Participating in the 2011 Worldwide Photo Walk
This past weekend I participated in the 4th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk with over 28,000 other photographers. For those of you not familiar with this event basically you search for a walk near you, sign up for it and then show up ready to take some pictures & have fun. The event is open to all photographers…
What are you doing?
When you walk around downtown Portland you should always assume you’re going to see the unexpected and unexplained, that’s one of the great things about exploring downtown. I’m not sure what this guy was doing just holding up a magazine on the corner of 6th and Morrison but it makes for a fun photo. Equipment…
Sunset over the Columbia River
I was overwhelmed by the vivid colors in the sky and the reflections on the Columbia River as I crossed over the Interstate Bridge heading back to Portland. Unfortunately I couldn’t stop in the middle of I-5 to get the photo I wanted so it would have to wait. The following day I drove to…
The Creepy Gasco Building
Like a lot of people that have driven down Highway 30 I’ve wanted to know more about the abandoned gray building off the west bank of the Willamette River. Today I stopped to see if I could get a closer look, to take some photos, and maybe get inside. After 20 minutes of talking with…